Sierra Leone denies internet shutdown during election

Wednesday 4 April 2018 | 09:22 CET | News

The National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) of Sierra Leone has dismissed reports that it ordered the shutting down of internet connectivity for election day on 31 March, APA News reported. NATCOM said that according to its own information sources, the issues were due to a problems with international fibre optic cable from which Sierra Leone sources most of its internet signal.

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